Month: May 2017

This week in our blog, we offer a snapshot of cybersecurity, privacy and data security news of interest to the executive suite. Periodically, we’ll recap insights from the growing cadre of voices in this space as well as lend our own views on the issues that impact executive governance of cyber risk and response. As[…]

This week’s post is written by George Platsis, the newest member of SDI’s cyber team. George focuses on human factor vulnerabilities related to cybersecurity, information security, and data security by separating the network and information risk areas. Protecting yourself in cyberspace requires multiple solutions working all together Be cautious of the cybersecurity vendor that[…]

“Round up the usual suspects,” a phrase memorably used by Captain Louis Renault, the French prefect of police, to exonerate Rick Blaine of the killing of Nazi Major Strasser in the classic film Casablanca, has been culturally accepted as a way of saying “let’s start with those who most can agree are likely to have[…]

Hey guys! This is a normal salutation, with a most unusual history. It turns out that American usage of the term “guy” traces back to the ill-fated Guido Fawkes. Guido was none other than Guy Fawkes, who now is best remembered as the face that adorns the masks worn by generations of anarchists and dissidents, including,[…]

In 1937, an American radio series named “The Shadow” made its debut. Its dramatic opening line—“Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!”—captured the imagination of the nation and lives on to this day. Lost in the shrouds of time is the line uttered at the close of each episode—-“The[…]